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J. W. THORNE.

PUZZLE.

No. 483,820. Patented Oct. 4, 1892' w vtwmao m fia 61m 4 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOEL W. THOR-NE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PUZZLE.

SFECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,820,dated October 4, 1892.

Application filed October '7, 1891;

To aZZ whom it may concern:

3e it known that I, JOEL W. THORNE, a c tlzen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Puzzles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is a puzzle which consists of two parts viza a flat piece of metal or other suitable material, preferably in the form of a dlsk, having raised ribs formed upon it and perforations of different forms arranged at predetermined distances apart and an open ring the slot in which is of sufficient size to allow the unraised portion of the piece of metal to pass through it edgewise.

The nature of the invention will be more fully explained in connection with the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a face view of the disk portion of the puzzle, and Fig. 2 shows the ring in connection with a cross-section taken through Fig. 1 in the line 2 2.

Referring to Fig. 1, which represents a thin plece of metal or other suitable material which may be of any convenient shape, but is here shown of substantially disk shape, A B 0 show the fiat portions, and the lines a the ribs or raised portions. 1) represents a figure, preferably a bulls head, which may be stamped or otherwise placed on the metal, but which should be in lower relief than the lines a. A suitable inscription-for example, Ringing the bull. W'ho can put the ring in the nose?.-may also be embossed in the metal around the periphery of the disk. h and h are elongated slots formed in the metal, and h h 'h h5 h h &c., are circular-shaped perforations. The holes marked it have really nothing to do in working the puzzle,but mere- 1y serve to increase its apparent complexity.

Fig. 2 is a cross-section through the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, showing the elevations and depressions in Fig. 1. R is the open ring, which may be of steel or other suitable wire, the opening 0" being of sufficient breadth to allow the ring to pass freely over the flat portions A B C, but is not wide enough to permit it to pass over the ribs or a.

The obj eot of the puzzle is to place the ring in the hole in the nose of the bull, which is accomplished by the following series of operations: The edge of the disk at B is passed Serial No. 407,989 (No model.)

through the opening in the ring, and the ring is passed along until it is inserted in the slot 7L. The ring is then turned around until the opening comes beyond the periphery of the disk, when it is passed over the disk at C and brought into the slot 7L2. The ring is then turned around until the opening is at h. when it is passed out of h and on into 72. The ring is then turned until the opening is at h", and is passed from 7L2 across the center portion of the disk to h, then released from b and slipped down to lv'g and then released from h and slipped down to h". It is then released from 7L and the ring remains only in the hole h The ring is then turned until it can be passed from h and following between the lines a, it can be put in h, the hole in the bulls nose.

I claim as my invention- 1. A puzzle comprising a flat piece of metal or other suitable material, having perforations formed therein and raised ribs intersecting a direct line between said perforations, in combination with an open ring, substantially as described.

2. A puzzle comprising a flat piece of metal or other suitable material, having circular and elongated perforations formed therein,in combination with an open ring, substantially as described.

3. The hereinbefore-desoribed puzzle, comprising a disk having operative perforations formed therein at determinate distances from each other, raised ribs intersecting a direct line between said perforations, and false perforations formed at irregular distances from the operative perforations, in combination with an open ring, as described.

4. A puzzle consisting of a fiat piece of metal or other suitable material, having ribs raised thereon and perforations formed therein at predetermined distances apart, and a ring having a transverse opening of sufficient breadth to pass over the unraised portions of the flat piece, but not over the raised portions, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 6th day of October, A.

JOEL W. TI-IORNE. Witnesses:

J nssrn B. KAY, FANNIE J. GRANDLIENARD. 

